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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning technology have empowered students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these open education undertakings. Everyone wants to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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